Look at it this way:If it fails you can still get one in a couple years and it'll cost less on ebay than a new Ipod Touch.

Yeah, my thoughts too.

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That was a very insightful article BTW (or was it inciteful?)

Not long before Jobs introduced the iPad, Apple killed the ioLibrary, a neat way of transferring audio samples between applications, even from different developers. That is not the kind of control I want over something as potentially powerful as this. I'm with Peter Kirn. All the way.

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One thing that was mentioned (in the comments after that article,I think) was the possibility of a multi-touch usb peripheral. THAT would rock.It would actually be pretty stoopid for them to not see the usefulness of that.

I'm sure they do, but it will be available at their leisure.

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I'm sure this is only the first step regardless of whether it succeeds or not.I'd bet there's a Mac tablet in the future (or not,what do I know?)
It'll be VERY interesting to see what the next 2 or 3 years hold.

I just wish that the competition would get their finger out! There have been announcements but nothing tangible yet. But yes, even Linux will be in on this eventually, it looks to be the next medium-sized thing. _________________Muied Lumens Base Star

I still get the feeling that the iPad is a solution in search of a problem, but that's what I said about the iPhone 2 or 3 years ago too. It'll find a niche, and even might become more popular by V2. I'm not going for V1...

App support will be key. It'd be very cool to have slightly bigger keyboards on the soft synth apps, and something like TouchOSC could actually be useful.

The lack of IO (more specifically, the docking port being the only IO) is a concern, especially the line in problem. But this is no different to the phone right now.

Maybe when someone actually stumps up for one of these things we can hear more about what it's like._________________Garret: It's so retro.
EGM: What does retro mean to you?
Parker: Like, old and outdated.Home,My Studio,and another view

The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; the motions of his spirit are dull as night and his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted. - W. Shakespeare

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